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B. C. BLACK & L. A. MAIDEN. GARDEN TOOL. APPLlCATlON FILED M1330. I918.

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Patented Apr. 29,1919.

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GARDEN TOOL. APPLICATION FILED 001.30. 1913.

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Patented Apr. 29,1919.

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Specification of Application filed fictober 30 To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, Rosana C. BLACK and Lauren A. lvlnnncn, citizens of the United States, residing at Duunellon, in the county of Marion and State of Florida, have invented new and useful Improvements in Garden-Tools, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to garden tools, and particularly to hoes, and has for its object to provide a device of this kind with blades to facilitate the cutting action thereof as well as to crumble and mix the soil engaged thereby.

Other objects and advantages will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of an imple ment provided with our improvement;

Fig. is a, front elevation of the same;

Fig. 3 is a rear elevation thereof;

Fig. 4i is a sectional View approximately on the lined-4c of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a section approximately on the line 55 of Fig". 2;

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one of the detachable blades; and

Fig. *4 is a similar view of a pair of connected blades.

In the drawings the numeral 10 designates a hoe blade of the usual construction, having at its upper end a socket to receive the usual handle 11.

The hoe, as illustrated by the drawings is centrally provided with a rectangular open ing, and is further provided, at suitable spaced intervals with orifices arranged in spaced pairs.

On the inner face of the hoe blade 1 arrange vertically disposed cutting blades coustructed in accordance with the invention.

The end or outer cutting blades are indicated by the numerals 12, each having its lower end upon its inner edge provided with ahug' 13 that is designed to be received in the lower and outer orifices. he blades, upon their upper ends, and upon their inner edges are formed with. lugs 14: hav ng threaded stems 15 which pass through the upper and outer orifices in the hoe blade. These threaded stems are engaged by thumb nuts 16 whereby the blades are rcmovably Patented [-lpr.

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attached to the hoe. The outer edges of the blades are sharpened, and by the removal thereof the said edges, when the blades become dull, may be, resharpeued.

The inner series of blades are indicated by the numeral ii and are connected, at their upper and inner edges by a rectangular lug 18 that is centrally provided with a threaded shank 19 that passes through the upper central orifice in the hoe blade, and this threaded member is engaged by a wing nut 20. The lower edges of the inner blades have, upon their inner lugs '21 that are designed to be received in the lower orifices in the hoe blade.

Preferably the lug of the inner bla of a greater thickness than the lugs to tie outer blades, so that the inner blades are arranged at a different angle than those of the outer blades, hut, if desired, and as dis-- closed by the drawings, the cutting, ed of the inner blades are arranged at a greater inclination than those of the outer blades.

While the improvement is described and illustrated in connection with a hoe blade, it is to be understood that the same is not necessarily restricted to this particular use, as such blades may be readily applied to spades and similar garden implements.

lit is believed, from the foregoing description the simplicity and advantages or the construction will be apparent without fun ther detailed description. 1 It should, however, be emphas sed the addition to orrinary hand oper ted garo. n

implements the improvement may be einployed with equal etliciency upon power on crate-d implements, such; as plows, steam shovels, etc.

Having thus described the invention, want is claimed new, is:

1. A hoe or like implement having a vertically disposed series of blades on one of the faces the i .ting edg s said blades being or ed at an inclination and the width of the upper portion thcreol being greater than that of the remaining; blades.

ll hoe or similar implement having orilice: l erethrough arranged in spaced pairs,

removable blades having lugs on the inner I edges thereof received in the lower series of orifices, threaded element on tl're of the blades, at

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